Episode 57: WHUS @ 100
This episode features a conversation with Jonathan Kopeliovich ('24) who has been working on building the digital community archives to commemorate WHUS RADIO: 100 years and counting. We discuss the challenge...
d’Archive Episode 56: Dune and the Campus Cult
This episode features a deep dive into archives and library collections that relate to the fantastical desert world of Dune created by author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) which gained traction with environmental ...
d’Archive Episode 55: Disgruntled Haradrim, Tolkien’s Multiverse, and AfroFuturism
This episode features a conversation with Assistant Professor Dexter Gabriel of the UConn History Department who writes speculative fiction under the pen name P. Djèlí Clark. This is Part 2 of the research ses...
d’Archive Episode 54: Zines, Printmaking, and Impractical Labor with Emily Larned
This episode of d’Archive features a conversation with Emily Larned who is a printmaker, zinester, and Associate Professor of Art in Graphic Design at UConn's School of Fine Arts. We discuss her his...
d’Archive Episode 53: James Marshall Fellow 2024
This episode of d’Archive is hosted by archivist Kristin Eshelman in conversation with elementary school educator and picture book maker Corbin Lichtinger. Corbin spent time in the John P. McDonald Reading Roo...
d’Archive Episode 52: Gary King, Organizing for Change 1974
This episode features an exhibition walkthrough with alumni Gary King ('74) who was active in organizing Black students during his time at the University of Connecticut, Storrs campus. One of the high-water m...
d’Archive Episode 51: Organizing for Change, 1974 Black Student Sit In @ Wilbur Cross Library
This episode features an interview with alumni Rodney Bass (BA '75/MA '76) who was active in organizing Black students through the Organization of African American Students (OAAS) during his time at the Univer...
d’Archive Episode 50: Hippie Hobbits
The 50th episode of d'Archive is the first of a new format that will appear periodically on the podcast which integrates my field recordings from the archives doing research into selected topics. This episode...
d’Archive Episode 49: Liberated Zine Zone
This episode of d'Archive features a conversation with metadata librarian Rhonda Kauffman about her zine collection (1994-2019) donated to the archives & special collections in 2019. Starting in 2020, Rho...
d’Archive Episode 48: Railroad Photography
This episode of d'Archive features a conversation between railroad photographer and collector Jack Swanberg and railroad collections archivist Laura Smith. Laura talks with Jack about his interest and pursuit...